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minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year ago Will biometrics stop your maid from using your device? Probably less. Will it stop the FBI? Not so sure. A sufficiently motivated maid will be able to do it. The FBI eats that kind of stuff for breakfast. Once upon a time, the then German minister of the interior wanted to collect all kinds of biometric data, in passports, in fully connected databases, whatnot. The CCC went ahead and swiped his print off a glass at a reception and published a DIY version to impersonate him in their magazine. Fingerprint authorisation is the security equivalent of a sticky note with your password on your coffee mug. The good news? You can use ordinary gloves, no need for tinfoil.
A sufficiently motivated maid will be able to do it. The FBI eats that kind of stuff for breakfast.
Once upon a time, the then German minister of the interior wanted to collect all kinds of biometric data, in passports, in fully connected databases, whatnot. The CCC went ahead and swiped his print off a glass at a reception and published a DIY version to impersonate him in their magazine. Fingerprint authorisation is the security equivalent of a sticky note with your password on your coffee mug.
The good news? You can use ordinary gloves, no need for tinfoil.